microsoft says that the it chaos caused by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected 8.5 million windows devices. with thousands of flights cancelled, and banking, healthcare, and businesses all affected, we look at what happened in this special programme the worldwide computer crash. so, people are tired. they ve been handing out water. the boards don t really say anything. thousands of flights cancelled. due to the outage my credit card system isn t working. payment systems down. around the globe, remember, this could cost billions. i mean, even trillions if it keeps going on like this. if we look at the scale of the impact, it s gigantic. i was told that the system is down all over the country as well. - appointments cancelled. computer systems in turmoil. many people saying this is potentially the biggest it outage that we have seen, probably in the last 25, 30 years. of course, the first thing you think is, is this the big cyberattack th
and a fresher, less humid feel in the east, so basically not a bad sunday in prospect. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it s sunday, the 21st ofjuly. our main story. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has hinted that she will give public sector workers above inflation pay increases. it s understood that independent pay review bodies have recommended rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs workers, with inflation currently at 2%. ms reeves told the bbc s laura kuenssberg she would make the sums add up . she s also announced a review of pensions in the hope of encouraging billions of pounds of investment in the uk. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. millions of public sector workers awaiting to learn what their pay rises be this year. independent pay review bodies make recommendations to the government of what percentage should be awarded. it is understood ministers have been advised to raise the salaries of teachers and nhs workers by 5.5%, a rate th
there s no conceivable way we will stop the spread of the new variant omicron. it is already in 45 countries, it is present in 17 states in america. over 300 people now have it in the uk. on top of that the figures worldwide are widely skewed, some countries much better at genomic sequencing than others. the suspicion will be that its starting to fuel a fourth wave. in the us the number of daily covid 19 is back at 120,000 the first time it s been there since early october. however there is promising news on the vaccine front, the concerns over the spread of the omicron variant, has led to an increased take up of the vaccinate in the last week. these are figures are for the us. but there is a similar trend worldwide. the threat of a fourth wave is testing the patience of political leaders. there are tighter mandates coming in austria and germany, and today the mayor of new york bill de blasio announced that everyone in his city will need to be vaccinated if they want to go to
i think are of massive long term benefit this country and to the world. president putin tells his troops to seal off a steel plant in mariupol where the last ukrainian fighters in the city are holding out while president biden promises another 600 millions pounds of military help three people have been found guilty of murdering five year old logan mwangi in bridgend last year. his body was dumped in a river after he was killed lastjuly. a man s been found guilty of murdering 6 year old rikki neave in peterborough almost 30 years ago. the killer was just 13 when he when he killed rikki in 1994 in the last hour, mps have approved an inquiry into claims that the prime minister misled parliament about downing street parties during lockdown. earlier the government abandoned attempts to delay such an inquiry by the commons privilieges committee and a short time ago, it was approved by mps without a vote. but it won t begin until the metropolitan police complete their investig
and it s time for lenny s last turn the comedian will present his final comic relief tonight after 39 years. plus do you fancy more rain? i did not think so, but another wet morning for many. this weekend sunshine at times and hopefully more brightness. it s friday the 15th march. our main story. exposure to violent online content is now unavoidable for children in the uk, with many seeing it while still in primary school, according to a new ofcom report. the regulator is urging social media companies to strengthen child protection on their platforms. our technology reporter shiona mccallum reports. how much time do you think you spend on your phone a day? even prince william is asking these questions when meeting with a group of schoolchildren at a west london youth centre yesterday. that s quite a lot. but i bet you feel better coming here. but when children are on their smartphones, their innocence can soon be compromised. ofcom say out of the 2a7 children it spoke to, a